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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sal feel about the friendship between Dean Moriarty and his friend?
(a) He feels like the center of attention.
(b) He feels indifferent.
(c) He feels left out.
(d) He feels invigorated.

2. How does Dean treat Sal's friends while in Denver?
(a) With great reverence.
(b) As long-time friends.
(c) With great animosity.
(d) As though they do not exist.

3. Where does Sal sleep in Cheyenne?
(a) In a park.
(b) At a bus station.
(c) At a motel.
(d) At a train station.

4. Who is "The Ghost?"
(a) One of Sal's friends.
(b) An old hobo.
(c) Slang for a police officer.
(d) A drug-induced hallucination.

5. What is Central City?
(a) A town where Sal and his friend's car breaks down.
(b) A haven for beat subculture.
(c) A town where Sal meets some hobos.
(d) An old mining town in the mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "The Ghost's" destination?

2. What job does Dean find after Sal first meets him in New York?

3. Which three people does Sal meet on the "ride of his life"?

4. What do Carlo and Dean take to help them stay up all night for their chat sessions?

5. What does Sal learn when he meets up with Chad King in Denver?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sal find out when he calls Chad King after he arrives in Denver?

2. What happens to Sal, Dean, Marylou, and Ed Dunkel in Washington, D.C.?

3. Why do Sal and his hitchhiker friend, Eddie, part in Iowa?

4. What is the vow Sal and Terry make when Sal leaves for New York?

5. What is the wildest ride of Sal's journey?

6. What is happening in Sal Paradise's life before he meets Dean Moriarty?

7. What job does Remi Boncoeur find for, Sal when he arrives in San Francisco?

8. Why does Sal Paradise travel West?

9. When and where does Sal meet up with Dean after living in Denver?

10. Who do Dean, Marylou, and Ed Dunkel leave in Tucson and why?

(see the answer keys)

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